Triple
T5940448
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Barrier of Spears |
E132152
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zulu culture |
E42619
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Zulu culture | Statement: [Barrier of Spears, associatedWith, Zulu culture]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu culture Context triple: [Barrier of Spears, associatedWith, Zulu culture]
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A.
Zulu people
chosen
The Zulu people are a major Nguni ethnic group of Southern Africa, primarily residing in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, known for their rich cultural traditions, historical Zulu Kingdom, and significant influence on the region’s history and politics.
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B.
Zulu traditional religion
Zulu traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Zulu people, centered on ancestor veneration, a creator god (uNkulunkulu), and rituals that maintain harmony between the living and the spirit world.
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C.
Zulu
Zulu is a 1964 British war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War, noted for being one of Michael Caine's early breakthrough roles.
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D.
Zulu
Zulu is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in South Africa and widely influential in the country’s culture and other local languages.
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E.
South African
South African refers to a person from South Africa, a diverse country at the southern tip of the African continent known for its complex history, multicultural society, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69c0085c55dc8190aa90e242c956e2fa |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c038f101c081908fb530d2f1f358fc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0c079dfe4819097598ec1f564e810 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:01 p.m.